Program Assistant – Malaria and Tuberculosis at Breakthrough ACTION

Summary

The Program Assistant - Tuberculosis & Malaria will provide administrative and programmatic support for BA-Nigeria’s Tuberculosis and Malaria SBC interventions. S/he will work closely with the Deputy Project Director and other technical program officers in the malaria and TB units including the State Coordinators to ensure well-coordinated administration of activities within the unit.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides administrative support to ensure efficient operation of the unit.
• S/He will have primary responsibility for supporting the country office malaria and TB team in the day-to-day coordination of administrative activities at national and state level.
• Work with the Senior Program Officer - Malaria and Deputy Project Director -Malaria/TB to plan meetings and coordinate any administrative activities of the unit.
• Support team’s budgeting, planning of activities and monitoring of retirements.
• Assist with the maintenance of effective relationships with key stakeholders including government stakeholders.
• Provide administrative support during training and capacity building activities targeted at BA-Nigeria project partners, heath service providers, community-based organization, community volunteers etc.
• Provide support to the administrative activities between the Country office and the BA-Nigeria State Coordinators as required
• Assist with the monitoring of timely program reports on a quarterly basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned.
• Assist senior members of the team with travel arrangement and other logistic requirements for effective running of the unit
• Perform job duties/responsibilities in support of CCP’s Mission and Values, as appropriate.
• Other duties as necessary and assigned by supervisors and BA-Nigeria Project Director.

Requirements

• Minimum of an HND/Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Social Sciences or Health Sciences.
• Minimum of 3 years’ work experience in Administrative related tasks
• 1 - 2 years’ experience working within the health sector and in related tasks.
• Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines.
• Proficiency in writing and editing letters, concept notes and reports is required.
• Working knowledge of MS Office Packages and database software and applications
• Strong communication skills (written & spoken) in English language is required.
• Ability to work within a cross-cultural, multi-sectoral, multi-project team-based environment.

Skills:

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to initiate and implement activities with minimal oversight and supervision.
• Proven teamwork skills
• Ability to speak Hausa highly desired.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should forward PDF copies of their CVs to hiring@ba-nigeria.org by Wednesday 23rd November 2022. The subject of the email should be the job title and location (of choice) e.g., ‘Program Assistant – Malaria and Tuberculosis, Abuja’.

Qualified female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.